Allan J. McDonald
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Allan J. McDonald
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Allan James McDonald was an American engineer, aerospace consultant, author and the director of the Space Shuttle Solid Rocket Motor Project for Morton-Thiokol, a NASA subcontractor. In January 1986, he refused to sign off on a launch of the Space Shuttle Challenger which then broke apart 73 seconds into flight; all seven astronauts on board were killed. Deeply affected by the loss of the Challenger astronauts, McDonald endeavored to reveal the truth about the pressures to stay on launch schedul
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USA engineer (1937–2021)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allan_J._McDonald
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2021-03-08T02:46:04Z
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2024-08-31T16:09:31Z
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